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  Tourism in Kashmir is reviving: Jammu & Kashmir government

  India | May 18, 2015 18:07 IST

  Srinagar:  Kashmir tourism is on the recovery path and inflows to the state is picking up gradually with the improvement in tourism infrastructure after last year's floods, a senior minister said on Monday."Government has put

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  Want PM Modi to preside over Davos-type conclave at Gulmarg: J&K CM

  Politics | May 17, 2015 14:07 IST

  Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed wants Prime Minister Narendra Modi to preside over a Davos-type conclave at Gulmarg as part of his “dream” to turn the state into a number one

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  Will take steps to strengthen cross-LoC trade, travel: Sayeed

  Politics | May 17, 2015 7:45 IST

  Srinagar: Expressing sadness over the sluggish pace of cross-LoC ties, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today resolved to take further his peace-building measures to bring people living across the Line of Control

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  JK CM lauds Modi's statesmanship

  Politics | May 15, 2015 19:15 IST

  Jammu: Praising Narendra Modi, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohmmad Sayeed today said the coalition between PDP and BJP in the state showcased the statesmanship of the Prime Minister who wants to carry people

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  PM's visit to China is a step in right direction: Mufti

  Politics | May 15, 2015 18:47 IST

  Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohmmad Sayeed today said the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to China was a step in right direction to create environment for investment in the region.  “It

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  Congress accuses PDP-BJP of polarising voters' sentiments

  Politics | May 10, 2015 17:05 IST

  Jammu: Congress has accused the PDP-BJP government here of polarising sentiments of voters in the state by entering a pre-poll understanding to secure a winning mandate.“The two parties had a hidden understanding before the election

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  Mufti sanctions Rs 9.51 cr for construction of bypass road in Anantnag

  Politics | May 10, 2015 13:02 IST

  Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has sanctioned over Rs nine crore for construction of a bypass road in his home constituency Anantnag in order to decongest heavy vehicular traffic.  Describing roads

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  Sayeed promises good governance; appeals people to be patient

  Politics | May 05, 2015 14:02 IST

  Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today appealed the people of the state to be patient with the PDP-BJP coalition government, saying it would take time to put the system back on

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  J&K Congress protests against 'unholy' alliance

  Politics | May 05, 2015 12:41 IST

  Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Congress today took out a protest rally against the state government, saying the ruling PDP had entered into an “unholy coalition” with the BJP for power.“PDP polarised the situation before the

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  Waiving of Pakistan flags is not criminal offence: Hurriyat

  India | May 03, 2015 20:55 IST

  Srinagar: Hardline Hurriyat Conference on Sunday claimed that waving Pakistani flags did not constitute a criminal offence and termed as "sheer frustration" Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed's statement about taking action over the incident."According to

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  Sayeed lauds Modi, but says bringing change is a long race

  Politics | May 02, 2015 19:08 IST

  Ahmedabad: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today said red-tape in governance has been removed and transparency introduced since Prime Minister Narendra Modi assumed office but translating his slogan of development of all

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  J&K govt will take action against waving of Pak flags: Jitendra

  Politics | May 02, 2015 17:27 IST

  Jammu: Union Minister Jitendra Singh today condemned the waving of Pakistani flags at Hardline Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani's rally and said he was confident that the Mufti Mohammad Sayeed government would rise to

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  CPI(M) asks Sayeed to clear confusion over Kashmiri Pandits' townships

  Politics | April 30, 2015 13:43 IST

  Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir unit of CPI(M) today asked Central and the state governments to clear confusion created by their "contradictory statements" on rehabilitation of displaced Kashmiri Pandits in the Valley."If the Union Home Minister's

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  Mufti reviews security situation, infiltration measures in JK

  Politics | April 22, 2015 21:04 IST

  Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today reviewed the security situation in the state with senior civil and police officials, who briefed him about the measures taken to check cross-border infiltration along

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  Mufti calls for promoting high-density orchards in JK

  Politics | April 21, 2015 18:48 IST

  Jammu: Advocating for best practices in fruit farming, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today pushed for promotion of high-density orchards with facility of micro-irrigation to arrest the fall in apple production in

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  Kashmir Valley remains tense, stray incidents of violence

  India | April 19, 2015 20:24 IST

  Srinagar: After two days of violent protests, Kashmir Valley today remained tense with stray incidents of stone-pelting in Budgam district over the killing of a teenage boy in police firing yesterday."There were minor incidents of

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  J&K govt relaxes norms for compensation to farmers

  Politics | April 19, 2015 20:25 IST

  Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir government today eased the procedure for seeking compensation by the farmers and fruit growers for their crop-damage due to natural calamities, by making certain changes in the norms of State

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  Mufti can resolve Kashmir issue if he gets a free hand: Sharad Yadav

  Politics | April 19, 2015 17:08 IST

  Jammu: If given a “free hand” to run his government, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed will succeed in resolving the long pending Kashmir issue, Janata Dal(U) president Sharad Yadav today said.  Yadav,

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  Separatist leader Masarat Alam can be arrested anytime

  Politics | April 16, 2015 23:21 IST

  New Delhi: Separatist leader Masarat Alam can be arrested anytime as Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed has agreed to take action against him.According to sources, Mufti was not in favour of arresting

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  Raising pro-Pak slogans is unacceptable says Mufti

  Politics | April 16, 2015 18:18 IST

  Srinagar/New Delhi: Under attack over pro-Pakistan slogans and flags being waved at a rally by hardliner Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed today said it was “not acceptable” and